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Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Mendham in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Mendham, vil., Suffolk, and par., partly also in Norfolk, on river Waveney, 1½ mile SE. of Harleston, 2944 ac., pop. 751; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is Mendham Priory, seat; the priory, of time of Stephen, has left some remains.

Mendham in the Domesday Book

A village in Earsham hundred,
in the county of Norfolk.

Nine manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor

Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds

Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds

Lord of the Manor in 1086: Frodo brother of Abbot Baldwin (subinfeudated)

Taxable Value: 2 7⁄8 geld

Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 10/- in 1066; £12 4/4¾ in 1086

Households: 2 villagers; 26 smallholders; 6 freemen; 1 slave

Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 11 men's ploughs

Meadow: 20 acres

Woodland: 303 pigs

Churches: 1

Mills: 1

Animals in 1066: 1 cob

Animals in 1086: 10 cattle; 41 pigs; 36 goats; 1 cob

2nd Manor

Lord of the Manor in 1066: Wulfric

Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou

Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou

Taxable Value: 2 1⁄8 geld

Value to Lord of the Manor: £4 in 1066; £4 in 1070; £4 in 1086

Households: 3 villagers; 12 smallholders; 3 men

Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 men's ploughs

Meadow: 13 acres

Woodland: 106 pigs

Churches: 0.25

Mills: 1

3rd Manor

Lords of the Manor in 1066: Ulf; Free men, two

Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford

Lord of the Manor in 1086: Bishop of Thetford

Taxable Value: 1 3⁄8 geld

Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 10/- in 1066; £3 in 1086

Households: 1 villager; 10 smallholders

Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 2 1⁄2 men's ploughs

Meadow: 6 acres

Woodland: 60 pigs

Churches: 0.12

Mills: 1

4th Manor

Lord of the Manor in 1066: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds

Tenant in Chief in 1086: Abbey of Bury St Edmunds

Lord of the Manor in 1086: Frodo brother of Abbot Baldwin (subinfeudated)

Taxable Value: 1 1⁄4 geld

Households: 9 villagers; 7 smallholders; 2 freemen

Plough Teams: 7 men's ploughs

Meadow: 12 acres

Woodland: 52 pigs

5th Manor

Lord of the Manor in 1066: Free man, one

Tenant in Chief in 1086: Robert Malet

Lord of the Manor in 1086: Humphrey son of Robert (subinfeudated)

Taxable Value: 1 1⁄4 geld

Value to Lord of the Manor: £1 5/- in 1066; £1 10/- in 1086

Households: 5 smallholders; 1 freeman

Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1⁄4 men's plough

Meadow: 5 acres

Woodland: 100 pigs

Churches: 1.12

6th Manor

Overlords in 1066: Bishop Almer of Elmham; Edric of Laxfield; Ulf

Lords of the Manor in 1066: Free men, three; Free man, one

Tenant in Chief in 1086: Roger of Poitou

Lord of the Manor in 1086: Roger of Poitou

Taxable Value: 1 1⁄8 geld

Value to Lord of the Manor: £2 15/12 in 1086

Households: 1 villager; 9 smallholders; 2 men

Plough Teams:3⁄4 men's plough

Meadow: 5 acres

Woodland: 60 pigs

7th Manor

Lord of the Manor in 1066: Algar the priest

Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop of Thetford

Lord of the Manor in 1086: William of Noyers (subinfeudated)

Taxable Value:3⁄8 geld

Value to Lord of the Manor: 10 shillings in 1066; 10 shillings in 1070; 10 shillings in 1086